Graduate Recruitment Consultant Summer 2026
Skills Alliance is hiring aspiring Recruitment Consultants for our Leeds office, starting Summer 2026 (June & August). We are looking for motivated, resilient and enthusiastic individuals to start a recruitment career in the Life Science, Industrials or Animal Nutrition markets.
Salary: £25,500+ commission OTE up to £50,000 in first year
Commission: Up to 50% commission from day one
Responsibilities
* Business Development and building business relationships
* Headhunting and identifying suitable candidates
* Negotiating and handling objections
* Qualifying candidates and building candidate networks
* Arranging and preparing candidates for interviews
* Becoming the expert in your market
What skills do you need?
* Experience within a sales, retail sales, sports, customer facing or hospitality environment is desirable
* Ability to listen, learn and apply new ideas quickly
* Previous sales experience would be highly advantageous
* Ability to achieve set targets and work to deadlines
* Entrepreneurial, ambitious and enjoy a fast-paced, but challenging atmosphere
What we offer
* High earning potential: £25,500 basic increasing with each promotion
* Early finish on Fridays
* Christmas and Summer parties
* Loads of social events such as monthly drinks and team nights out, five a side football etc
* Strong DE&I and ESG board with charity events
* Charity days
* Flexi-time and hybrid working (2 days from home per week/3 days in office)
* Private health insurance or monthly wellness budget and a health & wellness programme
* Mental wellbeing day off
* Time off on your birthday
* Incentives: quarterly lunch clubs and annual all-paid-for holiday incentives
* Career progression based on meritocracy; promotion to Consultant within 6 months and Senior Consultant often at 12 months
* Uncapped commission: up to 50% with commission from day one
* International office relocation support to other offices (New York, Leeds, Seattle, Frankfurt)
To apply, please reach out at bec.barnes@skillsalliance.com
Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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